Post Tagged with: "THAAD"

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched from the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska, in July 30, 2017. (Photo by AFP) South Korea and China have agreed to improve ties after a year-long strain over the deployment of an American missile system in South Korea. The South […]

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched from the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska, in July 30, 2017. (Photo by AFP) South Korea and China have agreed to improve ties after a year-long strain over the deployment of an American missile system in South Korea. The South […]

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery in action (AFP file photo) The government of US President Donald Trump has approved a $15 billion sale of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile systems to Saudi Arabia, a move that the State Department says is aimed at addressing the kingdom’s […]

South Korean police have clashed with hundreds of demonstrators rallying against the deployment of more rocket launchers from a US missile system to their country. The scuffles occurred on Wednesday evening as riot police tried to break out protesting crowds of about 400 residents in North Gyeongsang Province’s Seongju County […]

US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system equipment is seen at a former golf course in the southern county of Seongju, South Korea, on September 4, 2017. (Photo by AFP) Russia says it will need to react to the expansion of the so-called US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense […]

Thousands of South Koreans have taken to the streets of the capital to protest against joint Washington-Seoul military drills as well as the deployment of a controversial US missile system amid tensions with the neighboring North. An estimated 10,000 protesters packed the streets around Seoul Square on Tuesday, calling on […]

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile is launched from a THAAD battery located on Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean, November 1, 2015. (Photo by AFP) The US military is preparing for an upcoming test of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system, which is often […]

South Korean protesters march on the US embassy during a rally against the deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in Seoul, June 24, 2017. (Photos by AFP) Thousands of people in the South Korean capital, Seoul, have protested against the deployment of an advanced American […]

A South Korean protester attends a rally against the deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system near the US embassy in Seoul on April 28, 2017. (Photo by AFP) North Korea has slammed the clandestine delivery of four extra launchers of the US Terminal High […]

South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers a speech at the National Cemetery in Seoul, June 6, 2017. (Photo by AFP) South Korea suspends any further deployment of a controversial US missile system to the country until an environmental impact assessment ordered by President Moon Jae-in is completed. The president’s office […]

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying China has once again expressed opposition to the deployment of an advanced US missile system in South Korea, calling on Seoul to remove the controversial Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD). Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the remark at a regular press […]

A file photo of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system A South Korean presidential probe into the “unauthorized” US deployment of additional missile launchers in South Korea has found that the Asian country’s own military authorities had deliberately withheld the information from the new president. The office of […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi exchange documents during a joint press conference following their meeting in Moscow on May 26, 2017. (Photo by AFP) Russia and China have once again voiced opposition to the deployment of a US missile system to South Korea, […]

Protests against a US-made missile system in South Korea have escalated as people block the main entrance to the installation site. During a demonstration on Saturday in Soseong-ri village in eastern South Korea, protesters erected roadblocks at the entrance to the military base where the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense […]